Air is the element of perception and
communication. It is the medium of mental expansion. It is the element of inspiration. It
is the creative force of the intellect; expressing the mind of humankind. It is the
element of focus in the midst of chaos. It is the sharpened end of awareness, of clear
thought, and the clear strength of concentration. Air is the element of imagination.
It is the magick realm of inner space. It allows us to ride the dragons of our
fantasies and create our personal universe in a manageable form.
Air gives us the joy of personal inspiration and the creativity of personal expression. It
is the element on which we may soar into spirit. It is the pathway to the many spheres of
consciousness; the many dimensions of universal intelligence. It is the element of
clear expression, a force of clarity in moments of pure , personal truth. Air gives us the
ability to think. It is the sacred gift that both plagues and empowers us with
possibility. It allows us the luxury of being able to speak before we act, before
acquiesce. It is the element of humour . It is the element of laughter. It dispels the
lethargy of our lives and prevents us from languish and despair. It is the element of
change, against which no self-imposed artificial structures can stand. Air is the profound
power of positive thought. It is the element of expansion into realms as yet unknown. Air
is that upon which we may float, soar or dance.
Air is the element with which we may open or close our minds as we choose. It is the
element that carries them, all in one, into the spirit. Air is more than the breath of
life. It provides the means by which nature can be transmitted into the future in the most
clear and compelling manner possible. It is the element of music. It was the magickal
element with which blessings and curses could be created. Air could provide expressive
reminders or excruciating ridicules to reveal the true nature of those who are being
represented by the satirists. Air is the element of inspiration. It reminds us of our
honoured heritage and our roles of responsibility. It reminds us of our gifts as well as
our bindings.
It was the element of the transient bards. It was the illuminating element that revealed
itself in the poetry and myths of the once and future times. Air journeys enable us to
hear now the melodies in our own minds. Air enables us to listen and receive new messages
even in the music that already seems well known and familiar. It gives us a new view of
the images that we create for ourselves and in regard to others. It activates a greater
potential for self-expression. It helps us become acquainted with the unlimited capacities
of our brain and mind potential. Air is the collective, creative flow that activates our
brain and inspires us to express ourselves with sharp focus and perceptive skills of
the poet. Air enables us to amplify our thoughts and inner musings with the rhythmic power
of the spoken word.

The Rules of the Magus
:1. To Know by Air is to think , to be perceptive, to be aware of your
thoughts.
2. To Will by Air is to restructure your thoughts in accordance to your own will.
3. To Dare by Air is to peak your mind and dare to speak for yourself.
4. To be Silent by Air is to develop the skills of silent perception, to have the quiet
focus required for deep awareness. To communicate with yourself.
5. To Evolve by Air is to express your Self and your gifts in a manner that creates
harmony and empowers nature.

Air fairies :
There are two groups: the nature and element itself, sylph.
Nature fairies are of three general types: Cloud, Storm and Dragon, all are, by nature,
part Water and part Air. Cloud fairies live and have being in the mass of clouds.
Their whole texture is cloud like. They are the sculptors of the fairy world. When they
vanish, they retreat to mountain lakes , mists and seas. They love sunset and sunrise,
which creates lovely effects. Storm fairies are small yet shapely and beautiful. They are
silver with lights of blue and violet. They rarely come down to our level, preferring to
travel in troops across the sky. Dragon fairies (not "Dragons"), float above the
clouds moving quickly, never descending. Storm fairies feed on their energies. They are
strange and far removed from earth and life. Sylphs are the most beautiful of all fae. They are easiest to
communicate with. Their world is all tone and glitter, easy to catch a glimpse of....

Primary and Secondary elements and
their personalities :
When Air is our guide we are optimistic, joyful and intelligent. Mentally, we are quick,
with lots of good ideas. We like to gossip and brag. We are fickle and frivolous.
Sometimes we are forgetful and inattentive, jealous and suspicious. Air/ Fire children have an excess of jealousies. We start
rumours against those who we despise with little or no provocation.We are less joyful, yet
no less intelligent.Air/Earth is less frivolous and less stubborn. We tend to
believe the gossip, and spread the wild tails yet as hard as we try, they are never told
correctly.Air/ Water brings insecurities. We are less intelligent and
far more frivolous. Our unstable emotions cause us to lose many friends and gain many
enemies.

After reading the previous lessons,
these combinations should come as no surprise :

Air/Fire

= Water/Earth

Air/Earth

= Water/Fire

Air/ Water

= Fire/ Earth

Air children are careless and would
like to be as organized as Earth and as caring as Water, but just really don't want to
stop having fun long enough to deal with it. Fire makes them anxious and so their
secondary adds support.... Air/ Fire will react as a fire element would good (sexually) or
bad (with her fists). Air/Earth becomes orderly and stubborn "I will do what I want,
when I want, etc, etc. Air/Water becomes lazy and reacts with "Oh, I'll just handle
it later."

Positive

= Knowledge, intelligence, psychic
ability, optimism, joy

Negative

= Fickle, frivolous, forgetful,
jealous, gossip, easily led, braggart

Wind

= Argestes

Colours

= White , red, green

Watcher

= Aldebaran

Angel

= Raphael

An oath
for Air:" I am a child of Air. I am
filled by Earth,
fed by Water and fuelled by Fire, I am moved by spirit.
I am the voice of the soul.
I am the child in us all. I am Inspiration and joy.
I am the dreamer and the muse. I am the Spear of perception.
I am a creature of Air.
This is my oath. It is meant to lend me
intelligence in times of confusion,
communication in times of distance,
and control in times of expression.
Here after, I combine the laws and teachings of Air
so that I may understand what I am and what I can
accomplish...."